Vasanthi Balasuriya (née Gunaskera) was born in 1952 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and attended Visakha College and then the University of Ceylon Colombo medical school. She graduated in 1979 and her early ...

Doris Franklin (née Johnson) was born in 1931. She studied medicine at Liverpool University, graduating in July 1956 before going on to specialise in paediatrics. After training appointments at ...

A GP given a 12 month jail sentence for causing criminal damage during a climate change protest has been suspended from the UK medical register for 10 months. During a Just Stop Oil protest in August ...

The death of Jax Miller highlights a number of important issues. These include the importance of listening to parental concerns, the risks of false reassurance from colleagues, and the limitations of ...

Colorectal cancer is the only cancer increasing in younger adults faster than older adults, a large global analysis has found.1 Rising rates of early onset cancer have generated substantial media ...

Every time there’s a new plan for the NHS, I worry that those creating the models don’t realise how messy and expansive healthcare is. The NHS 10 year plan hails the new “doctor in your pocket” to ...

The NHS doesn’t need another 10 year plan.1 It needs a plan for next Tuesday. The real options for fixing it are actually brutally simple: more taxation, more rationing, more collaboration with the ...

Reliable information, tougher advertising standards, and international collaboration are needed to mitigate the risks of overseas cosmetic procedures, write Neil Lunt and Jessica Roberts UK residents ...

Fracture risk and treatment need careful individual assessment Osteopenia is the most common result of a bone mineral density (BMD) measurement by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in older ...

Antidepressants vary widely in their physiological effects, a new analysis suggests, with some producing clinically significant changes to weight, blood pressure, and heart rate even with short term ...

The campaigning groups 38 Degrees and Just Treatment present three petitions—totalling more than 250 000 signatures—to the Department of Health and Social ...